Internship Reflection - 1969 Words

As I approached the end of the school year and the start of the summer I had to decide if I was going to go back to my old job at a pool company or find a new job that could help me expand my knowledge and give me experience in the accounting field. When I really thought about it the decision was obvious and I began looking for places I could work as an intern. After two weeks I found the Law Office of Jerri Ann Cirino and the small office with a family like work environment really attracted me to this job. I also found it interesting to work in a law office that focuses on tax cases because I never thought to become a tax attorney. At this internship I was able to do basic accounting tasks like balancing checkbooks, booking to general†¦show more content†¦Throughout the course of my internship I was able to use the knowledge that I gained from not only my accounting classes, but also some of my other business classes to do whatever task needed to be done. The first course t hat really helped me understand the goals I was trying to accomplish at my internship was Business Law. While it is the obvious first choice because I was working at a tax attorney’s office, I was still surprised to see how much of the topics covered in class came up over the course of this internship. The main topic that kept reoccurring was which type of business was best for a client. Many different clients came in wanting to either start a business with other people or were inheriting a business and had to equally split shares of the business up. There was a lot of aspects to consider like how much liability does the client want to hold, if the other partners are just investors or do they want to be apart of the decision making process, and also what was the best business structure to use to save money. During this internship I was also exposed to many different contract and overheard the creation of a lot of these contracts. While it did not have anything to do directly with what I was doing, I was able to sit in and see how the process was done. My business law course really helped me understand some of the terminology that was being used and also understand why certain things were included that should have justShow MoreRelatedReflections On My Plant Engineering Summer Internship At United Parcel Service2475 Words   |  10 PagesReflections on my Plant Engineering Summer Internship at United Parcel Service Introduction My Plant Engineering (PE) internship experience at United Parcel Service (UPS) allowed me to utilize all that I have learned at Florida Polytechnic University and apply it to real-world work experience. Thus expanding upon my previous knowledge while simultaneously allowing me to grow in new ways that cannot be taught in the classroom. 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